Motion to form a quorum

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5630, 2003, Pages 188-

  Park, Sungsu ^a   Wolanin, Peter M ^a   Yuzbashyan, Emil A ^a   Silberzan, Pascal ^b   Stock, Jeffry B ^a   Austin, Robert H ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRIO HARVEYI; CHEMORECEPTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SILASTIC; TAR PROTEIN, E COLI; TSR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; LUMINESCENCE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0038491351     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079805     Document Type: Article

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10. We thank E. C. Cox for insightful comments on the manuscript; J. S. Parkinson for strains RP437, RP2361, RP5700, and UU1117, and for helpful advice; H. C. Berg for strain HCB317 and for comments and advice; and B. Bassler for strains BB120 and BB170 and for the gift of AI-2 produced in vitro. We also gratefully acknowledge M. Taga and K. Xavier for advice and assistance; N. C. Damton, P. Silberzan, H. Lin, and C. Gabel for discussions; W. Austin for technical assistance; and J. Chen for swarm plate assays. Supported by grants from DARPA (MDA972-00-1-0031), NIH (R01 HG001506 and F32 GM064228 to P.M.W.), and the State of New Jersey (NJCST 99-100-082-2042-007).